Prototype/Rail

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Template:Prototype parent The abstract base of both rail prototypes.

Extensions

• Prototype/CurvedRail curved-rail
• Prototype/StraightRail straight-rail

Mandatory properties

This prototype inherits all the properties from Prototype/EntityWithOwner.

Template:Prototype property Table with the following mandatory members:

• straight_rail_horizontal - RailPieceLayers
• straight_rail_vertical - RailPieceLayers
• straight_rail_diagonal_left_top - RailPieceLayers
• straight_rail_diagonal_right_top - RailPieceLayers
• straight_rail_diagonal_right_bottom - RailPieceLayers
• straight_rail_diagonal_left_bottom - RailPieceLayers
• curved_rail_vertical_left_top - RailPieceLayers
• curved_rail_vertical_right_top - RailPieceLayers
• curved_rail_vertical_right_bottom - RailPieceLayers
• curved_rail_vertical_left_bottom - RailPieceLayers
• curved_rail_horizontal_left_top - RailPieceLayers
• curved_rail_horizontal_right_top - RailPieceLayers
• curved_rail_horizontal_right_bottom - RailPieceLayers
• curved_rail_horizontal_left_bottom - RailPieceLayers
• rail_endings - Sprite8Way

Optional properties

Template:Prototype property Sound played when a character walks over this rail.

Mandatory values

All rail collision_boxes are hardcoded and cannot be modified. The hardcoded values are:

• straight_rail_primary_bounding_box = {-0.7, -0.99, 0.7, 0.99}
• diagonal_straight_rail_primary_bounding_box = {-0.65, -0.7, 0.65, 0.7}
• curved_rail_primary_bounding_box = {-0.75, -0.55, 0.75, 1.6}
• secondary_bounding_box = {-0.68, -2.7, 0.68, 2.7}

Furthermore, the selection_boxes are automatically calculated from the bounding boxes, so effectively also hardcoded.